Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan may procure "BAL-E" Coastal Missile System

Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan may procure "BAL-E" Coastal Missile System

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Tuesday, 27 May 2014 07:39

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Naval Defense Industry News - Russia, Azerbaijan

Ministry
of Defense of Azerbaijan may procure "BAL-E" Coastal Missile
System

According
to Russian business daily Kommersant the Republic of Azerbaijan
has expressed its intend to procure "BAL-E" Coastal Missile
System from Russia. "BAL-E" is the export version of the BAL
missile complex in service with the coastal missile unit of the Russian
Navy Caspian Flotilla.

BAL-E Coastal
Missile System at IMDS 2013

According
to " Kommersant" Azerbaijan has been eyeing this missile system
for a long time because of its need to protect its coastal zone of the
Caspian Sea . Azerbaijan previously expressed interest in the "Bastion"
coastal missile system with "Yakhont" anti-ship missile, however
Moscow never gave its approval for this system.

Azerbaijan is a frequent customer of Russian weapons: Between 2010 and
2012 , contracts for the purchase of two battalions of air defense missile
systems S-300PMU- 2 , several batteries of Tor- 2ME air defense systems,
more than 70 helicopters for various purposes, and 100 T-90S tanks and
100 BMP-3 , self-propelled artillery battalions " MSTA-S"
, multiple rocket launchers "Smerch" have been signed totaling
at least $ 4 billion.

KH-35 Anti-ship
missile at IMDS 2013

The Bal-E
mobile coastal missile system with the KH-35 type anti-ship missile
was developed on the order of the Russian Navy in the late 1990s and
adopted for service in 2008. The system consists of a self-propelled
command control and communications centre, self-propelled launchers,
a transport and reloader machine and communications vehicle, a total
of up to 11 special vehicles.

The coastal missile system is capable of hitting targets at ranges up
to 120 kilometers at any time and under any weather conditions. The
time of deployment after a march - 10 minutes, cruising range - 850
kilometers, ammunition - 64 missiles, the number of missiles in one
salvo - 32.